A. R. Rahman, "Jiya Jale" (Dil Se): Berklee Indian Ensemble (Cover)

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#berklee #berkleecollegeofmusic "Jiya Jale" (Dil Se) is a tribute to A. R. Rahman by the Berklee Indian Ensemble in gratitude for his immense contribution to our lives through his inspiring music and journey.

A. R. Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist. In 2009, Time Magazine placed Rahman in its list of World's Most Influential People. In a notable career spanning two decades, he has garnered particular acclaim for redefining contemporary Indian film music, and putting Indian music on the global map, in a way that no other Indian composer/performer has achieved.

On October 24, 2014, Berklee College of Music will confer A. R. Rahman with an honorary doctor of music degree. Berklee Faculty and students from the Berklee Indian Ensemble will pay tribute to the living legend, who will join them on select pieces in a concert celebrating his music and life at Boston's Symphony Hall.

Mr. Rahman's visit is a signature event under Berklee India Exchange, a new initiative co-founded by two Indian Berklee alums, Annette Philip (artistic director), and Clint Valladares (artist relations and strategy), as a platform for cultural conversation, through the composition, collaboration, and performance of original Indian music. Proceeds from the concert will go towards a scholarship fund in Mr. Rahman's name for students from India to attend Berklee.

This is a huge milestone for the Berklee Indian Ensemble, one of largest and most diverse ensembles at the college, with members representing 37 countries, and counting. Founded in 2011 by faculty member, Annette Philip, the ensemble performs an expansive repertoire of Indian classical, semi-classical, folk, Sufi, and contemporary Indo-jazz music, with the ultimate goal of presenting concerts entirely consisting of original student compositions. Every year, there is at least one composition by A. R. Rahman featured in their repertoire.

Berklee Indian Ensemble

"Jiya Jale" (A. R. Rahman)

From the film Dil Se

Arrangement: Inna Dudukina

Vocal arrangement, Producer: Annette Philip

Instrumental interlude: Berklee Indian Ensemble

Soloists

Ishita Sinha: voice, Patna, India

Harshitha Krishnan, voice, Chennai, India

Nalini Krishnan, voice, Seattle, Washington

Rohith Santosh Jayaraman, voice, morsing (jaw harp), San Jose, CA

Instrumental Soloists

Yazhi Guo: dizi, Hong Kong, China

Sashank Navaladi: sarod, New Delhi, India

Harini Srinivasa Raghavan: violin, Chennai, India

Layth Al Rubaye: violin, Amman, Jordan

Patrick Simard: drums, Ottowa, Canada

Indian Ensemble Choir

Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, New Delhi, India

Dhruv Goel, Lucknow, India

Vasundhara Gupta, Kolkata, India

Rohith Santosh Jayaraman, San Jose, CA

Harshitha Krishnan, Chennai, India

Nalini Krishnan, Seattle, Washington

Armeen Musa, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kanika Patawari, Antwerp, Belgium

Annette Philip, Kerala, India

Purvaa Sampath, Bangalore, India

Ishita Sinha: Patna, India

Harini Srinivasa Raghavan, Chennai, India

Aseem Suri, New Delhi, India

Adriel Tjokrosaputro, Surakarta, Indonesia

Sanchitha Wickremesooriya, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Strings

Layth Al Rubaye: violin, Amman, Jordan

Harini Srinivasa Raghavan: violin, Chennai, India

Daniel Urbanowicz: viola, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Naseem Al Atrash: cello, Beit Sahour, Palestine

Victor Manuel Gonzalez Quezada: double bass, Rancagua, Chile

Rhythm Section

Annette Philip: piano, Kerala, India

Aleif Hamdan: electric guitar, Jakarta, Indonesia

Shubh Saran: electric and acoustic guitar, New Delhi, India

Achal Murthy: bass, Strassen, Luxembourg

Ullas Rao: mridangam, Westwood, MA

Kaushlesh Purohit: tabla, percussion, Jodhpur, India

Ranajoy Das: cajon, New Delhi, India

Joe A Galeota Jr.: percussion, Arlington, MA

Patrick Simard: drums, Ottowa, Canada

Recorded live at The Record Company

Simon Katz: recording engineer, mixing engineer

Chris Geller: assistant engineer

Pietro Milanesi: second engineer

Teo Karakolev: videographer, editor

Kevin Greene: videographer

Sam Harchik: videographer

Mastered by M Works Studios

Jonathan Wyner: engineer #berklee #berkleecollegeofmusic